What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose. -Henry Ward Beecher

I was at a party feeling very shy because there were a lot of celebrities around, and I was sitting in a corner alone and a very beautiful young man came up to me and offered me some salted peanuts and said, "I wish they were emeralds" as he handed me the peanuts and that was the end of my heart. I never got it back. -Helen Hayes

Love letters are the campaign promises of the heart. -Robert Friedman

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart. -William Shakespeare

Love is always bestowed as a gift- freely, willingly, and without expectation.
We don't love to be loved; we love to love. -Leo Buscaglia

We can only learn to love by loving. -Iris Murdoch

If we want a love message to be heard,
it has got to be sent out.
To keep a lamp burning,
we have to keep putting oil in it. -Unknown

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears ... by listening to them. -Dean Rusk

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly. -Henry David Thoreau

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. -Leo Buscaglia